Las Vegas Review-Journal

Lightning-fast hat trick overwhelms Pittsburgh

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Brayden Point scored three straight power-play goals in 1:31, the sixth-fastest three goals by one player in NHL history, to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning past the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 on Thursday.

Bill Mosienko holds the record, scoring three times in 21 seconds for Chicago in 1952. Point’s 91-second burst was the second-fastest three goals since 1967-68.

Yanni Gourde also had a powerplay goal, Nikita Kucherov added three assists, and backup goalie Louis Domingue made 28 saves to help the Lightning win for the fifth time in seven games.

Patric Hornqvist had two goals and Evgeni Malkin two assists for Pittsburgh, which has lost seven of eight.

At Ottawa, Ontario, Drake Batherson scored in his NHL debut for Ottawa to back Craig Anderson, who stopped two thirdperio­d penalty shots and totaled 34 saves.

At San Jose, Calif., Kasperi Kapanen scored his second goal of the game with Toronto shorthande­d to back Frederik Andersen, who had 42 saves and an assist.

At New York, Anthony Beauvillie­r had three goals and an assist for the Islanders, who beat the Rangers for the 12th time in their past 13 meetings.

At Columbus, Ohio, Cam Atkinson, Brandon Dubinsky, Pierre-luc Dubois, Anthony Duclair and Boone Jenner each had a goal and an assist for Columbus.

At Calgary, Alberta, Artturi Lehkonen scored the tiebreakin­g goal on a 40-foot wrist shot with 7:46 left to back Carey Price, who had 43 saves.

At Philadelph­ia, Blake Coleman had a goal and two assists, and Keith Kinkaid had 29 saves in his seventh shutout and third this season.

At Glendale, Ariz., Michael Grabner and Jason Demers scored to back Darcy Kuemper, who had a careerhigh 44 saves.

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St. Paul, Minn., Mikko Koivu had a goal and two assists to back Devan Dubnyk, who had 25 saves.

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